HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Greencastle-Antrim's Binkley, Carbaugh move on

Monday

Feb 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM

Wyatt Binkley is off to a pretty good start in his varsity wrestling career with Greencastle-Antrim High School.

Lee Goodwin

MECHANICSBURG — Wyatt Binkley is off to a pretty good start in his varsity wrestling career with Greencastle-Antrim High School.A 10th grader who competed on the middle school team a year ago, Binkley has been anything but average in his first year of varsity competition.The 106-pounder breezed through the competition with barely a hiccup on Saturday in the Section I-AAA Wrestling Championships at Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, going 4-0 and winning his weight class to enter this weekend's South Central Regional Championships at Hersheypark Arena as one of four sectional winners."He's wrestling pretty well," said G-A head coach Fred Yelton, who also will be joined by G-A 113-pounder Cody Carbaugh in the regional tournament after Carbaugh placed second in sectionals. "He's had a strong year and we expected him to do well. He was pretty dominant on the day. He was dominant from the top position and rides real well. he's accomplished everything he's set out to do."Binkley started the day with a quick pin against West Perry's Mike Vital. After taking down Vital early in the first period, Binkley rode Vital until he turned him to his back at 1:49 in a quarterfinal round match. Binkley then decisioned Mechanicsburg's Drew Tochterman 4-0 in the semifinals before defeating Parker Hillard of Cumberland Valley in the finals, 8-2."I set high goals," Binkley said after his win over Vital, his 21st of the season. "Me and Cody (Carbaugh) were very good friends. Practicing with him makes me better. Traveling during summer has also paid off. I've wrestled a lot of these kids."Binkley, the top seed at his weight class, said he was expecting to face Chambersburg's Colin Runshaw, a second seed, in the finals. Instead, Hillard, who earlier defeated Waynesboro's Ryan Neff in the quarterfinals, pinned Runshaw in 4:35 to advance to the championship match.Runshaw still qualified for the regional tournament after defeating Tochterman in the consolation finals, 8-2.Yelton had no doubts that Binkley was going to be competing to the level of his competition."I think he's wrestled enough competitive matches this year and in past years," Yelton said. "He's wrestled multiple high caliber kids. Every day wrestling with Cody, too. I don't think he's going to be too in awe of any situation."From the get-go of the 113-pound weight class, it appeared that Carbaugh and Chambersburg's Tanner Shoap were headed for a collision in the finals. It happened.Shoap, the top seed, and Carbaugh, the second seed, coasted in their first two matches to meet up in the title match, won by Shoap, 14-0.Carbaugh pinned Justin Evans of Shippensburg in 47 seconds, while Shoap took care of Big Spring's Josh Fauver in just 23 seconds. In the semifinals, Carbaugh pinned West Perry's Marshall Myers in 3:47 and Shoap earned a 14-3 major decision against James Buchanan's Hunter Faith."Tanner is a very accomplished and highly skilled kid and returning state placer," Yelton said. "I was proud of how (Cody) wrestled in the first period. He didn't back down or try to run from him. He was aggressive. He opened it up and gave it his best shot."

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